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Edward Francis Gallagher (1873 – March 28, 1929) was a vaudeville actor and half of the act Gallagher and Shean.〔 Their story was told in an animated movie ''Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean'' (1931) by Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer, who also created Koko the Clown and Betty Boop. Gallagher and Shean also reportedly made an early sound film at the Theodore Case studio in Auburn, New York, in 1925. ==Biography == He was born in 1873 in San Francisco, California.〔The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance uses San Leandro, California〕 For fifteen years, Gallagher partnered with Joe Barrett in a comedy act that was best known for military burlesques, particularly "The Battle of Too Soon".〔Slide, Anthony (2012). ''The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville''. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 204. ISBN 1-61703-250-6〕 Gallagher subsequently teamed with Al Shean to create the act Gallagher and Shean. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much. Gallagher first performed with Shean in 1912 in the operetta ''The Rose Maid'', which ran for 176 performances at the Globe Theatre in New York.〔 The duo broke up in 1914, not performing again until 1920. The latter time, they stayed together until 1925.〔Slide, Anthony (2012). ''The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville''. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 203. ISBN 1-61703-250-6〕 They had a featured part in the 1922 Ziegfeld Follies, earning a salary of US$1500 a week. His fourth wife was actress Anne Luther. He had a nervous breakdown in 1925 and in 1927 was institutionalized at the Rivercrest Sanitarium in Astoria, Queens. He died there on March 28, 1929.〔Slide, Anthony (2012). ''The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville''. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 204–205. ISBN 1-61703-250-6〕 He was buried in Kensico Cemetery 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Gallagher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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